title: Can randomized clinical trials impact the surgical approach for hypoplastic left heart syndrome?
abstract: The Eighth International Conference of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society was held in Miami, Florida, December 8 to 11, 2010. The program included a session dedicated to the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), with particular emphasis on the innovations that have led to contemporary schemes of management and the role of clinical trials in the evolution and acceptance of these strategies. An invited panel of experts reviewed the historical evolution of staged surgical reconstruction, the randomized clinical trials that have been undertaken thus far, and the extent to which these have, or have not, influenced individual and institutional approaches to management of HLHS.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabbutt
authors.forename: Caren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ohye
authors.forename: Victor O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Morell
authors.forename: Frank L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lamberti
authors.forename: Marshall L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Jeffery P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacobs
keywords: Norwood procedure; congenital heart surgery; hypoplastic left heart syndrome; randomized clinical trials